▲ 193 ▼ Democrats are garbage (lemmy.ml) submitted 2 years ago by Confidant6198@lemmy.ml to c/shitposting@lemmy.ml 108 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] leftytighty@slrpnk.net 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] Phoenixbouncing@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago (3 children) 6 weeks paid holiday, compensation days for longer work week, protection from unfair dismissal, free health care, 3 months maternity/1 month paternity leave.... Not saying that there's nothing left to do, but over the last 100 years things have definitely gotten better. The real risk is forgetting that these things were hard won and that if you give people a chance they can easily be lost again. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Saleh@feddit.org 18 points 2 years ago (2 children) Most of these were won by leftists fighting on the streets and in the factories, not by centrists. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kreskin@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Worse, for every rare win the centrists get, the republicans seem to get 3. We're the laughingstock of the world on so many data points and theres no interest in centrists dems or republicans to make it better. permalink fedilink source parent [–] reliv3@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago Communists don't have a monopoly on "the left". There are socialist liberals who also fought for these things, not just communists. There was a time when "centrists" were largely Republican. Many of them have jumped ship due to Trumpism, so they are now part of the very mixed coalition that is the Democratic Party. Problem is we were so focused on fighting each other that we forgot to fight the fascist fucks on the other side of the aisle. permalink fedilink source parent [–] kreskin@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago how has slow progress worked for you in the last hundred years I mean... growing up I jacked off to the jcpenny catalog lingerie ads. And now.. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Phoenixbouncing@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago (3 children) 6 weeks paid holiday, compensation days for longer work week, protection from unfair dismissal, free health care, 3 months maternity/1 month paternity leave.... Not saying that there's nothing left to do, but over the last 100 years things have definitely gotten better. The real risk is forgetting that these things were hard won and that if you give people a chance they can easily be lost again. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Saleh@feddit.org 18 points 2 years ago (2 children) Most of these were won by leftists fighting on the streets and in the factories, not by centrists. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kreskin@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Worse, for every rare win the centrists get, the republicans seem to get 3. We're the laughingstock of the world on so many data points and theres no interest in centrists dems or republicans to make it better. permalink fedilink source parent [–] reliv3@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago Communists don't have a monopoly on "the left". There are socialist liberals who also fought for these things, not just communists. There was a time when "centrists" were largely Republican. Many of them have jumped ship due to Trumpism, so they are now part of the very mixed coalition that is the Democratic Party. Problem is we were so focused on fighting each other that we forgot to fight the fascist fucks on the other side of the aisle. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Saleh@feddit.org 18 points 2 years ago (2 children) Most of these were won by leftists fighting on the streets and in the factories, not by centrists. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kreskin@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Worse, for every rare win the centrists get, the republicans seem to get 3. We're the laughingstock of the world on so many data points and theres no interest in centrists dems or republicans to make it better. permalink fedilink source parent [–] reliv3@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago Communists don't have a monopoly on "the left". There are socialist liberals who also fought for these things, not just communists. There was a time when "centrists" were largely Republican. Many of them have jumped ship due to Trumpism, so they are now part of the very mixed coalition that is the Democratic Party. Problem is we were so focused on fighting each other that we forgot to fight the fascist fucks on the other side of the aisle. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Worse, for every rare win the centrists get, the republicans seem to get 3. We're the laughingstock of the world on so many data points and theres no interest in centrists dems or republicans to make it better. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] reliv3@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago Communists don't have a monopoly on "the left". There are socialist liberals who also fought for these things, not just communists. There was a time when "centrists" were largely Republican. Many of them have jumped ship due to Trumpism, so they are now part of the very mixed coalition that is the Democratic Party. Problem is we were so focused on fighting each other that we forgot to fight the fascist fucks on the other side of the aisle. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kreskin@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago how has slow progress worked for you in the last hundred years I mean... growing up I jacked off to the jcpenny catalog lingerie ads. And now.. permalink fedilink source parent
